How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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Duration:
121 min
Genres:
Comedy | Musical
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
David Swift
Awards:
2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1967-03-09
Filming Locations: 270 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Robert Morse
J. Pierpont Finch
Michele Lee
Rosemary Pilkington
Rudy Vallee
Jasper B. Biggley
Anthony 'Scooter' Teague
Bud Frump
Maureen Arthur
Hedy LaRue
John Myhers
Bert O. Bratt
Carol Worthington
Lucille Krumholtz
Kay Reynolds
Miss Smith aka Smitty
Ruth Kobart
Miss Jones
Sammy Smith
Twimble - Wally Womper
Jeff DeBenning
Gatch
Janice Carroll
Brenda
Robert Q. Lewis
Tackaberry
Paul Hartman
Toynbee
Dan Tobin
Johnson
John Holland
Matthews
Justin Smith
Jenkins
Murray Matheson
Benjamin Ovington
Patrick O'Moore
Media Man No. 1
Lory Patrick
Receptionist
Wally Strauss
Media Man No. 2
Hy Averback
2nd Junior Executive
George Fenneman
Himself / TV Announcer
Carl Princi
1st Junior Executive
Sheila Rogers
1st Girl
Robert Sweeney
3rd Junior Executive
Ivan Volkman
The President
Walter Bacon
Treasure Hunter (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
TV Board Member /
George Bruggeman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ron Charles
Broker (uncredited)
George DeNormand
TV Board Member (uncredited)
Joey Faye
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Treasure Hunter (uncredited)
George Golden
Treasure Hunter (uncredited)
Don Koll
Executive (uncredited)
Al Nesor
Newseller (uncredited)
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Mrs. Frump
Barry O'Hara
Executive (uncredited)
Howard Parker
Dancer (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Anne Seymour
Gertrude Biggley
Tucker Smith
Passerby / Dancing Executive (uncredited)
David Swift
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
TV Board Member (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Minister with Large Bible (uncredited)
Helen Verbit
Mrs. Needlebaum - Finch's Landlady (uncredited)
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Trivia
The original Broadway production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" opened at the Forty-sixth Street Theater in New York on October 14, 1961, ran for 1417 performances and won the 1962 Tony Awards for the Best Musical and Book and was nominated for Best Score. Robert Morse (Winner of the 1962 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical), Rudy Vallee, Ruth Kobart and Sammy Smith recreated their stage roles for the movie version.
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All of Rosemary's songs (including "Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm" and "Paris Original") were cut from the movie version. To make up for this "I Believe In You" was given to her for the movie. In the stage play, she does not sing this to him, and the first time it is heard is during the scene where Finch sings it to himself in the executive washroom, but she does a brief reprise of the song after this scene. In the film, she sings the full version in an earlier scene, making Finch's washroom version the reprise.
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The music during Miss Jones' first entrance is the same music that Nelson Riddle used as the Penguin's Theme in the Batman (1966) TV show.
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Goofs
When all the secretaries are "working", they first change shoes from white to colored. After they make up their hair and stuff, a man yells "coffee break!" When they all get up to go, they're still wearing their white shoes.
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Although Finch's rise to top of corporate world is supposedly pegged to sequential chapters of same-named title book he reads throughout movie, his progress through text isn't sequential - even near end of movie he is seen poring over beginning chapters for next bit of ladder-climbing advice.
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When Finch reports to work early on Saturday morning, the shadows indicate it is midday, not early morning.
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Quotes
Mr. Gatch: Rosemary, seeing you always brightens my day. (He tries to kiss her)
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Gertrude Biggley: What's nepotism?
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J. Pierpont Finch: I feel sorry for men who don't knit, they lead empty lives.
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Faq
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Chicago Opening Happened When?
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The Chicago opening of the hit United Artists film, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, happened on Friday, March 17, 1967, at the Oriental theatre (Randolph near State). An ad reads: "Of All The Broadway Musical Comedies That Ever Made The Screen Sing Out--Nothing Succeeds Like 'Succeed'! . . . A Word of Caution: See This Picture Before Your Boss Does!"
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